Take action on climate in Colorado

Stop by here anytime for a list of upcoming key action opportunities, including; tabling, public comment sessions, testifying at hearings, and growing the climate movement. One of the most important things you can do is to make your voice heard. Please speak up for strong climate leadership!

*Please visit our online calendar for details on all of our events this month, including monthly committee meetings, additional events hosted by 350 Colorado, and upcoming trainings. 

Ways to Take Action:

In-Person Events:

Aurora Canvass & Picnic – Sunday, April 21st from 11am-2:30pm

All ages welcome! The Aurora Canvass & Picnic event will help spread the word about the deadline for public comment on the Lowry Ranch CAP, a fracking project proposing 165 wells near the Aurora Reservoir. It’s Earth Month, so stand up with us for a fun and impactful afternoon, complete with a picnic at the Aurora Reservoir afterwards. We’ll provide light food if you can bring a snack to share!

RSVP below and we’ll be in touch.

RSVP for Canvass & Picnic

Upcoming Hearings & Public Comment Opportunities: 

1. Submit a written comment opposing the “Lowry Ranch CAP” plan to drill 160+ new oil & gas fracking wells around and under the Aurora Reservoir. 

   This narrow window to submit comments before May 3rd is our official chance to weigh in on this dangerous proposal. Please make your voice heard by submitting a comment to the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission today.  Submit Your Comment Here!

   Don’t know what to say? Attend the Community Town Hall (see above), learn more about the southeast Aurora fracking fight here from our friends at climate movement co., and stay tuned for info about an upcoming comment workshop on zoom!

Online Actions:

Fracking Phase Out: Online Rally & Gathering – Tuesday, April 16th at 7pm 

1. Join us on Zoom for an evening of discussion, debriefing, and strategizing for the next steps in this journey. RSVP here.
2. We encourage you to spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join us in this important conversation! Spanish interpretation will be available.

More online actions to take

1. The Safe & Healthy Colorado coalition has introduced a Statewide Ballot Initiative to Phase Out All New Fracking Permits by 2030!  Complete your Pledge to Sign the ballot initiative here and check out 18 Ways You Can Help Bring the Fracking Phase Out to voters!
2. Sign the petition to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack demanding that he cancel the Uinta Basin Railway.
3. Watch and share this video on social media to learn how oil and gas fracking is fueling the flames for more intense wildfires in Colorado
4. Support Nuclear-Free Pueblo from anywhere!
5. Sign this petition by GreenLatinos asking Weld County to stop line 1 and put community health and safety over a pipeline expansion project
6. We are excited to announce a new toolkit completed in partnership with Boulder County, titled From Dollars to Decarbonization: A Local Government Blueprint for Fossil Free Finance. This toolkit is a resource for local governments to decarbonize their finances in four key areas: Pensions, Insurance, Banking, and Fossil Fuel Divestment. We’re looking for constituents to reach out to their city and county governments to share this toolkit, and to support their governments in taking the steps outlined in this toolkit. We’re happy to give presentations and offer consultation to governments that are interested in taking these steps!
7.  Sign the Fossil Free CU Petition Here and the Divest CSU Petition here to support local university divestment work! New to divestment & defunding climate disaster? Learn more about how critical divestment work is in the context of the climate crisis.